Silence
Deur paul Olivier
( DeWildt – Shingwedsi)
Its in the early morning hours
My ears wander over the ranch
in search of the sound of restless herds….
a lonely jackal calling a friend
The sound of a nervous bark of a zebra
The snort of a bush pig …
But it is all in vein,
It’s total silence
But then suddenly I hear a shooting star
A moll passing through a tunnel
A satellite orbiting the earth
I hear the dreams of a thinker
I hear the heartbeats of two lovers in a distant city
…………………….The moon’s rays stroking a lake
It’s my heart’s song of silence
Paul Olivier
31 August 2002